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Your Favorite MOMENTS In Songs??
It could be a solo, a line being sung, a riff, etc etc..
Guitar solo and the vocals on "Time" by Pink Floyd.
I love the riff on "Band on the Run" during "If we ever get out of here", but especially before, the same Am-D guitar riff (I don't like the last 4 minutes of the song though!)
The piano riff in "Crime of the Century" after the break (Am-F)
The end of Stairway to Heaven, solo and after.
The tenderness of Glenn's voice in the opening verse of TNKIT - including his solo on ICTYW...
The opening piano riff on "Nineteen-Hundred and Eighty-Five"
The guitar riff from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
The couplet during "A Day In The Life" when you can't even hear the "F" sound in the couplet.. The tenderness, but also the vibrato, trill.
"... had to laugh"
"... photograph"
I'll come back to this as I'm busy, but I didn't wanna forget, and I can't wait to read your responses :)
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the end of "Under Pressure" with Bowie singing.. Beautiful!
all of Hotel California - a very long moment :)
my favorite line is "Some dance to remember, some dance to forget" - because of the meaning. "You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER l-e-a-ve" - again the rhythm, and the excitement for what's to come. Besides the guitar solo, I love Randy's pounding bass.
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Thanks for creating this thread - I know I will have a lot of fun with this! I'll start by selecting 14 songs I love (ten by bands, four by solo artists, as I generally listen to bands more) and writing about them, I have loads more I can suggest but I don't want to take forever! I am not a musician so I can't really talk about chord sequences or key changes, I can only describe what my ears hear and how I respond to it.
Bands:
Speed King (Deep Purple) - The call-answer section mid-song between Jon Lord's organ and Ritchie Blackmore's guitar, terrific musicianship.
Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) - The final guitar solo. I've heard it hundreds of times, yet it still amazes me.
Take The Devil (Eagles) - Thought I'd go for a more unusual one that I absolutely love. Specifically, Randy's evocative vocal as he sings the title for the final time, followed by Glenn's powerful yet atmospheric guitar solo.
The Chain (Fleetwood Mac) - The bass riff that starts about three minutes into the song leading to Lindsey's explosive guitar outro.
I Know What I Like (Genesis) - The spoken word intro ('It's one o'clock and time for lunch, dum dee dum dee dum'), always makes me laugh.
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) - The thunderous intro accompanied by Robert Plant's epic scream (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh, ah!).
That Smell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - All of the choruses - it's the combination of the foreboding and spooky lyrics with the great guitar work.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part II) (Pink Floyd) - Specifically part II, and because of that riff! First time I ever heard it really struck me, and it still has the same impact on me.
Nightswimming (R.E.M.) - Basically any of the parts where it's just the piano and the strings (arranged by John Paul Jones, I believe). Absolutely gorgeous and wonderfully nostalgic. I think it means more to me as I was born in August ('September's coming soon'...)
The Spirit of Radio (Rush) - The final verse. It's a funny parody of 'The Sound of Silence' and I love how Geddy sings those words 'And it echoes, with the sound... of salesmen, of salesmen, of... salesmen'!
Throw Down The Sword (Wishbone Ash) - The dual guitar solos at the end., one of the most powerful pieces of guitar music I've heard and the perfect follow up to the battle-weary lyrics.
Solo artists:
Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob Dylan) - The 'like a fool I mixed them, and it scrambled up my mind' verse cracks me up, and it's one of those lyrics that was absolutely perfect for Bob's voice.
Train In The Distance (Don Henley) - I love the final chorus, I find this really moving with the locomotive sounds as well as Don and the backing vocals.
5.15AM (Mark Knopfler) - The verse that immediately follows the guitar solo: 'Seams blew up or cracked, Black diamonds came hard won, Generations toiled and hacked, for a pittance and black lungs'. Very poignant and poetic lyrics.
Pardon My Heart (Neil Young) - Another 'less obvious' choice but I think the guitar solo on this one is absolutely great, It conveys the sense of heartbreak of the lyrics.
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i too have a decent sized list of songs for this. BUT my most favorite is The End off Abbey Road. Ringo and that badass drum solo along with the others ripping their guitars to shreds. it like symbolizes so much in one moment.
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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As a non-musician, you described it very well, and even a musician should go on to explain for those who aren't.
I was going to reply to myself a second time with the quadruplets of "Sultans of Swing" but thought that would be too selfish? You probably know what I'm talking about, but for others, QUADruplets would be the 4-notes that are repeated over and over, and then in a different key, and back...
With the end of Hotel California (Joe's idea), it's a triplet (3 notes) which I think is a very fitting end.
Wow, I know Rush and Simon & Garfunkel, and without your reply, I wouldn't have noticed! Very fitting to the consumer mentality that seemed to have gone up exponentially during the early 80s (1980 exactly)..
Some other great moments would be on "Young Lust" (Pink Floyd) right before the solo, you can hear David Gilmour give a mean-sounding "hah"; I also love during "Gimme Shelter" when the female singing cracks her voice in a good way when she screams "Rape.. M[sic]" you can hear Mick go "wooh" - I like capturing true moments, even mistakes musically.
Me and a friend have a long dispute.. During the solo on "Riders On The Storm" he thinks Ray makes a mistake hitting 2 notes at the same time, I think it was done intentionally... He also thinks it's John who says "I got blisters on me fingers" - it's clearly Ringo (plus he's the drummer, duh).
Can't wait to hear more.. Be back later!
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The first lead guitar notes on "Shine on You Crazy Diamond' all the way through to where the beat slows down again(I don't know how to mentally separate that song into parts like some do).
The final 4 minutes of Yes' "Starship Trooper," where it's all instrumental.
That end solo(where it's just guitar) in the final 20 seconds of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl."
Not something I think of often. Will probably add more later.
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How I discovered a Bowie song and fell in love with it after he left us? listened to his Young Americans album, and he has a song on there called John, I'm Only Dancing (Again). I immediately fell in love with the bass line. I mean it's funky and soooo catchy. and the vocals everything about that song is pure brilliance. I miss him dearly
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If it helps, if you give the specific time (and a link if possible) we'll know what you mean exactly, and someone can give it the proper term, so that some of us can learn forever!
Speaking of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", I forgot to mention that for many years I only heard the single version (Echoes: Best of Pink Floyd).. I was over an ex and music soulmate's place, and I went to play the song. In the single version, I was expecting the vocals to come in "Remember when you were young" but instead, you get another solo! And not just another solo, but the best one, and it was cut out! I even love the open string plucked and stopped suddenly. To be specific, at the 8:32 mark you can hear two guitars harmonizing...! The same term and idea right after the guitar solo on OOTN, Felder harmonizes a brief phrase with two guitars.
I also think it's real cool that at the end of the song (and album) you can hear Rick Wright play a little tribute to SYD (Shine, You Diamond) with the notes playing the vocal line of "Emily tries, but misunderstands".
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SilverAcidRayne
i too have a decent sized list of songs for this. BUT my most favorite is The End off Abbey Road. Ringo and that badass drum solo along with the others ripping their guitars to shreds. it like symbolizes so much in one moment.
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
Yes.
I have never thought about this in that much detail, but I wil list two to begin with. My all time favourite musical moment is the National guitar melody which begins Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits. The second is the opening of Stairway To Heaven. The third is probably the huge orchestral chords in A Day In The Life after Paul's middle eight & the 'ah, ah ah ah' part before the last 'I read the news today, oh boy'.
It's no coincidence that those are my three favourite songs.
One more is the drums which kick off Like A Rolling Stone, and also that extraodinary organ by Al Kooper.
More later.
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I know this will be hard for me too because I have moments like this with almost every song I like. LOL So it's a very long list and a lot I've already seen mentioned. I will say sometimes various guitar solos and instrumentals are very influential to me as a writer. Some scenes I'll imagine to these easily.
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Great idea for a topic, MSF! Here are a few of my favorites:
- The intro of OOTN. Randy's bass lines coupled with Don F.'s searing chords make for an exhilarating start.
- The intro of LITFL. Joe's exercise in coordination goes down as one of the most unmistakeable guitar riffs in rock.
- The intro of TEOTI. Bruce Hornsby's piano virtuosity made this song into a beautiful piece of art.
- The horn section at the end of SG. Along with the synthesizers, the horns just kick that long ending up a few notches.
- John Entwistle's bass lines in "Who Are You." He was to the bass like Keith Moon was to the drums.
- Roger Daltrey's epic screams in "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Love Reign O'er Me." No one can belt like that rock 'n roll Titan.
- The intro of the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'." Rumored to have mimicked the sound of driving across a bridge, it moves the body to the rhythm.
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NOLA
Great idea for a topic, MSF! Here are a few of my favorites:
- The intro of OOTN. Randy's bass lines coupled with Don F.'s searing chords make for an exhilarating start.
- The intro of LITFL. Joe's exercise in coordination goes down as one of the most unmistakeable guitar riffs in rock.
- The intro of TEOTI. Bruce Hornsby's piano virtuosity made this song into a beautiful piece of art.
- The horn section at the end of SG. Along with the synthesizers, the horns just kick that long ending up a few notches.
- John Entwistle's bass lines in "Who Are You." He was to the bass like Keith Moon was to the drums.
- Roger Daltrey's epic screams in "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Love Reign O'er Me." No one can belt like that rock 'n roll Titan.
- The intro of the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'." Rumored to have mimicked the sound of driving across a bridge, it moves the body to the rhythm.
Thank you, I thought you guys would like it.. I hope people post things they love, each thread is a whole new dimension, and I always love reading, even if I can't contribute.
Don't you mean Felder's bass line on OOTN? :)
What's "SG"? (I'm not very good at acronyms, sorry!)
I also LOVE that scream.. Roger can sing so softly, too (Behind Blue Eyes).. That song along has such a wide spectrum of emotion.
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway - I absolutely melt when I hear the part "I will wait, even if it takes forever. I will way-eee-ate..... Even if it takes a lifetime, takes a lifetimeeeeeee!"
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a day in the life YES. lol
four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire. There's The Guess Who with American Woman, the beginning of that. its got that blues kick. Hendrix, Are You Experienced? the beginning of that. So many moments man.Zeppelin... Fool In The Rain where that whistle comes in I'm automatically salsa dancing LOL
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MortSahlFan
Thank you, I thought you guys would like it.. I hope people post things they love, each thread is a whole new dimension, and I always love reading, even if I can't contribute.
Don't you mean Felder's bass line on OOTN? :)
What's "SG"? (I'm not very good at acronyms, sorry!)
I also LOVE that scream.. Roger can sing so softly, too (Behind Blue Eyes).. That song along has such a wide spectrum of emotion.
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway - I absolutely melt when I hear the part "I will wait, even if it takes forever. I will way-eee-ate..... Even if it takes a lifetime, takes a lifetimeeeeeee!"
SG is "Sunset Grill." And, agree about "Behind Blue Eyes." Love Roger's vocal range - soft to hard and back again. I'm a Who fan.
Also, Barry Gibb's whispered vocals on "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Major sigh!
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SilverAcidRayne
a day in the life YES. lol
four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire. There's The Guess Who with American Woman, the beginning of that. its got that blues kick. Hendrix, Are You Experienced? the beginning of that. So many moments man.Zeppelin... Fool In The Rain where that whistle comes in I'm automatically salsa dancing LOL
Both songs by Lennon, but his rap is amazing.. On the song you mentioned "Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall (Hall has beautiful falsetto), as well as "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" during the verses.. That's REAL rap. Real instruments, real singing, real heart, real writing.
The vocals on King of Hollywood, it's a perfect match.. Glenn sings the high parts, Don sings the low parts. Fits. The solos are amazing, especially Glenn and Felder's.
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MortSahlFan
Both songs by Lennon, but his rap is amazing.. On the song you mentioned "Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall (Hall has beautiful falsetto), as well as "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" during the verses.. That's REAL rap. Real instruments, real singing, real heart, real writing.
The vocals on King of Hollywood, it's a perfect match.. Glenn sings the high parts, Don sings the low parts. Fits. The solos are amazing, especially Glenn and Felder's.
Happiness Is A Warm Gun is my jam.
"She's well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand like a lizard on the window pane" i've read so many stories behind this song lol I am a massive beatles fan there are so many moments. If you have not heard the anthology series you should... it was released on Spotify and my favorite outtake is definitely Helter Skelter. it's raw and dirty the awesomeness of Mc Cartney
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The slower version of Helter Skelter, right? I like it a little more myself.
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The slower version of Helter Skelter, right? I like it a little more myself.
yes that one. love it
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The chorus of Nights On Broadway... 'singing them love songs/singing them straight to the heart songs... singing them sweet sounds/to that crazy crazy town'. The most basic they ever got.
The last chorus of Africa by Toto & the way it just swells up:
'Gonna take a lot to take me away from you (DAH DAH DAH DAH...)
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa'....
The acoustic guitar opening of Peter Gabriel's Solsbury HIll
The keyboard riff opening of Genesis' That's All
The guitar riff of Genesis' I Can't Dance
Anything in the entire Beatles catalogue.
The clavinet in Superstition & Trampled Underfoot.
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Bee Gees! lol
the beginning of Lonely Days....
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SilverAcidRayne
Bee Gees! lol
the beginning of Lonely Days....
And the end of it. 'wherewouldIbewithoutmywoman' the way Barry sings that so fast. I saw them do it. Fantastic song.
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And the end of it. 'wherewouldIbewithoutmywoman' the way Barry sings that so fast. I saw them do it. Fantastic song.
it sure is... they were awesome.
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From some of my all-time favourite songs, The first notes of ELP's "From the Beginning."
The middle, mellower section of the Moody Blues' "Question."
Those opening fiddles, as well as that final electric guitar note on the Youngbloods' "Darkness, Darkness."
All of 10cc's "I'm Not in Love."
The accelerated musical action towards the middle, and also the electric guitar, banjo, and fiddle outro to "Journey of the Sorcerer."
The final verse of Pink Floyd's "Dogs," where Roger Waters is shouting every negative thing I have ever felt.
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If it helps, if you give the specific time (and a link if possible) we'll know what you mean exactly, and someone can give it the proper term, so that some of us can learn forever!
Starts either at or ever-so-slightly before 4 minutes into the song. Guitar solos, then mournful synthesizer soloing before launching into the accelerating guitar tones.
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The beginning of "From The Beginning" sounds a tiny bit like the beginning of Yes' "Roundabout".
The four songs I like by 10cc are SO different from each other.
-One Night In Paris
-I'm Not In Love
-Dreadlock Holiday
-The Things We For Love
"Dogs" is one of my favorite songs ever.. l think Roger Waters is the greatest lyricist ever. And he wrote most of the music too.
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The beginning of "From The Beginning" sounds a tiny bit like the beginning of Yes' "Roundabout".
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"Dogs" is one of my favorite songs ever.. l think Roger Waters is the greatest lyricist ever. And he wrote most of the music too.
My mother noted the similarities between them, too. :-)
Pink Floyd-wise, Richard Wright's tickling of the ivories on parts of the song "If" from the "Atom Heart Mother" album is stunning in its beauty and simplicity.
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a lot of AM Radio i've been into also. fell in love with Carly Simon's Legend In Your Own Time. Joni Mitchell. "Help Me" the harmonies. I'm a huge harmony fan
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I forgot Robby Krieger's solo in "Light My Fire" - which is cut out from a lot of radio. And with the same band, "Waiting for you to tell me what went wrong"
(still after 20 years I get chills, wow, that's how you know it's timeless!)
On "Lyin' Eyes" I always love "and pours herself a strong one" - again Glenn's tender vocals..
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One of my all time favorite moments comes in the album version of Jackson Browne's For Everyman at the drum roll and crescendo. Start listening for it around 4:45 and that gorgeous crescendo happens at 5:15. I love it so much that I don't enjoy listening to any other version.
http://youtu.be/Qbvq1oYAvNA
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This might not be what you had in mind, as it's a song and video moment, but I'll mention it anyway. I love the end of Take It To the Limit from the 1977 show at the Capital Centre. It's at about 4:15 in this version. Randy nails the high notes and the video cuts to Glenn who looks so proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hmF_IX9Ic
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One of my all time favorites is from my all time favorite Eagles song-the opening chords of Take It Easy. It never fails to bring a smile to my face. And now, it also makes me sad because I also now think of Glenn and that he's gone.
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The piano and drum-cymbal climax on the Eagles' "Hollywood Waltz" is sort of cathartic in its own way.
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Brooke
One of my all time favorites is from my all time favorite Eagles song-the opening chords of Take It Easy. It never fails to bring a smile to my face. And now, it also makes me sad because I also now think of Glenn and that he's gone.
Same here! From the first time I heard TIE I was immediately struck by the intro, and I've absolutely loved it ever since. It's one of those songs that I can pick multiple great moments from - the Winslow Arizona verse and the combination of the harmony vocals and banjo during the bridge near the end.
There have been a few additions to this thread that I wished I'd thought of myself, mostly by Eagles and Floyd. Hollywood Waltz is a song that I tend to forget how much I enjoy - I never really think about it as one of my favourites, but it's a good, solid addition to their discography and the climax is a highlight. That's kind of how I feel about the OOTN album as a whole, which I tend to think of last in my personal rankings yet when I think about it I really enjoy most of it. Another moment I love from that album is the bridge in Too Many Hands - I really dig Randy's bass playing that starts at 2:49 and ends at 3:07. It's a neat addition to the song and adds an extra dimension alongside the guitar parts.
Two other big favourite moments of mine are the guitar and bass parts in the mid-section of LITFL (from 2:29 to 2:46), and the acoustic guitar at the end of Bitter Creek when Bernie's solo starts to emerge at about 4:10 with those haunting vocals locked into the song's groove, absolutely love that part and I can and do listen to it over and over sometimes.
I am delighted to see the mentions for Pink Floyd's Dogs - the Animals album has so many great moments. One of my favourite moments from Dogs is the section starting at 4:46 where the acoustic guitar and dog barks come in. I find it difficult to describe but it's dark in a very powerful way. Although a bit too long to count as 'moments', I also love the mid-section of Pigs (Three Different Ones) with the talk-box solo between about 4-7 minutes in, and the beautiful yet lightly chilling piano intro to Sheep, especially once the bass starts rumbling in the background about 30 seconds in. It really creates a sense of there being 'a certain unease in the air'.
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This might not be what you had in mind, as it's a song and video moment, but I'll mention it anyway. I love the end of Take It To the Limit from the 1977 show at the Capital Centre. It's at about 4:15 in this version. Randy nails the high notes and the video cuts to Glenn who looks so proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hmF_IX9Ic
Wow. That's exactly what I had in mind. The vocal was amazing, but the humanity with Glenn. Thank you so much. I remember it, I've seen that concert a few times, but you reminded me. Thanks again.
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- The intro of the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'." Rumored to have mimicked the sound of driving across a bridge, it moves the body to the rhythm.
Yes, we're very proud of that song in Miami. The chucka-chucka sound made by their car's tires while driving over Sunny Isles Bridge to their home on Miami Beach caused Linda Gibb to remark to her husband Barry one day, "that's the drive talking." He immediately came up with the chorus to Jive Talkin'. Poor Linda didn't get a co-writing credit but that's the breaks :)
Even now, when I see that bridge I think of it as "the Jive Talkin' bridge." Unfortunately, they did a major overhaul/renovation of the bridge in about 2000 and it doesn't make the chucka-chucka sound anymore, it's very smooth.
My favorite moment in a song: "In the Evening" by Led Zeppelin - Jimmy's guitar solo. Sounds like he's literally pulling the strings off his guitar. Somehow, it's still musical and explosive.
I must say Jimmy's guitar solo in "Dazed and Confused" is massively exciting as well. Page knows how to build tension and set it off in spectacular fashion. He's the meistro, no two ways about it.
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I am delighted to see the mentions for Pink Floyd's Dogs - the Animals album has so many great moments. One of my favourite moments from Dogs is the section starting at 4:46 where the acoustic guitar and dog barks come in. I find it difficult to describe but it's dark in a very powerful way. Although a bit too long to count as 'moments', I also love the mid-section of Pigs (Three Different Ones) with the talk-box solo between about 4-7 minutes in, and the beautiful yet lightly chilling piano intro to Sheep, especially once the bass starts rumbling in the background about 30 seconds in. It really creates a sense of there being 'a certain unease in the air'.
Jonny is much too young to know about 8-tracks, but my older brothers had several Pink Floyd albums on 8-tracks, including Animals and Dark Side of the Moon. I used to listen to Animals over & over; Dogs was my favorite track because of Gilmour's brilliant guitar playing and singing. It's hard to pick one moment but his first solo about 2 minutes in - whew.
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One Led Zeppelin moment I love is Robert Plant's almost standalone vocal just after the four minute mark in Whole Lotta Love. I'll try and replicate his awesome performance in writing:
Way down inside, WO-MAN, you need it..,[guitar lick]...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE!
Another of my favourite Robert vocals is the call-and-answer section in the final minute of You Shook Me on the first album where he screams before and after each of Jimmy's guitar licks before his spectacular scream at the end. In the early Led Zep days, especially 1968-71 (basically the I-IV era) he had quite extraordinary pipes, no wonder he suffered a few problems with his voice as the 1970s progressed!
ETA: I've heard of 8-tracks, although I've never seen an 8-track cartridge and certainly never listened to any music in the format! But oddly enough I think it's only thanks to Animals that I know of them - the 8-track version of Animals was slightly different as it had the 'full' version of Pigs on the Wing with Snowy White's guitar solo, as opposed to the two halves of it that bookend the longer, darker tracks on the standard editions. I think the album works better with the song split in half, but the full version makes more sense as a standalone song.
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LOL, your transcription is pretty good. That song scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid: the swirling vortex into Hell portion which you describe.
Jimmy's power chord crunch riff is irresistible though, it never gets old, it's always thrilling.
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Zeppelin-wise, John Paul Jones' piano intro to "South-Bound Saurez" is so chillingly mind-altering in the best ways. Same goes for that pulsating synth at the intro and throughout "Carouselambra," easily the most under-rated of Zeppelin's long songs.
The way the lead guitar and the organ meld together on "Dancing Days" is also pretty sweet. Another amazing Zep moment is the guitar solos after the vocals at the end of "Over the Hills and Far Away."
On another note, Chris Wood's Saxophone solo in the final minute of Traffic's "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" is probably one of the most incredible moments in all of music.
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Besides Gilmour's great vocals (the chord Dm9 is also great, especially with the acoustic) in the song "Dogs" from 5:30 right before the vocals, the last few seconds of the guitar solo is too great... I'm still in awe many years later.. I also love how "You'll reap the harvest you have sown" is double-tracked vocally.